Comelec Albay purges list of dead voters

LEGAZPI CITY -- The Commission on Elections (Comelec) Albay provincial office based in this city has been purging from its files the names of registered voters who have died since the May 2010 elections until September this year.

During weekdays since October, a daily coordination with offices of civil registrars had been pursued for immediate listing of persons issued with death certificates.

Lawyer Romeo Serrano, provincial election supervisor, said on Friday that an updated list of voters in the province will be presented on November 19. The list will be rid with names of dead voters and those deleted for not voting in two consecutive elections and those who have transferred voting areas.

Serrano said a final updated master list has to be made and wired to the national office on certain date given by the Comelec.